PEA FAMILY 



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out tendrils; stipules half-arrow-shaped, slightly toothed ; flowers 

 in loose, i-sided, 6 — 20-flovvered racemes, purplish-white. — 

 Rocky woods, mostly in the north. — Fl. May — September. 

 Perennial. 



6. V. sylvdtica (Wood Vetch).— A large and beautiful species, 

 with a long stern, 3—6 feet high, climbing by means of its 

 branched tendrils; leaflets about 16, elliptical, abrupt, with a 

 short point ; stipules crescent-shaped, deeply toothed at the base ; 



vi'ciA CRACCA {Tufted Vetch). 



flowers in loose, i -sided, 6 — i8-flowered racemes, cream-coloured, 



with bluish veins. — Mountainous woods ; not common. Fl. 



June — August. Perennial. 



"^^^ Leaflets many : flowers feiv : style tufted below stigma 

 on 07ie side 

 7. V. sepiu7n (Bush Vetch). — Leaflets 12 — 16, ovate, obtuse, 

 decreasing in size towards the apex of the leaf; floivers in nearly 



